Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-29
Our Seaside Resorts.

our Seaside Resorts.
Los Angeles is particularly favored in
watering places. Within less than an
hours ride there are three excellent
resorts, nd we are about to have two
more. Santa Monica. with her fine
hotel and excellent houses, private and
public, is unsurpassed for those who
wish to enjoy the sea air or bathe in the
surf. 1t is, indeed lovely spot in
eve ry respect, and, enc where the over
worked business man, the pleasure
SOC ker or the valetudiniarian, can enjoy
IN atm osphere charged with life'invigor-
atiug ozone, and partake of all the CON-
forts and Injuries of fashionable resort.
The fact that the temperature OF the
water is such that bathing can be
INDUCED in at any season OF the
year, gives it an advantage, in common
with our other watering places, over
all other resorts OF the kind anywhere.
Lon g Beach is another very inviting
place to enjoy the sea air. Here, also,
Is excellent hotel, and large numbers
of fine cotta ge, where families spend the
summer months. One striking feature
NIB out this resort is its beautiful beach,
whic extends for miles, forming one of
the most exquisite drives imaginable.
T he beach slopes cff very gradually.
and the bluff is set back so far that one
is not precluded, even by the high
tides, from driving over it. This is a
star attraction TO Long Beach. But the
sur f. bathing is also excellent here, and
the shore shelves so gradually that
there is less undertow than at points
where it sinks more abruptly, and con.
seq uently the danger to swimmers is re-
duc ced to the minimum. Long Beach is
backe by a nicely situated village, and
is dorned by a number of private resi-
den ces of the most elegant and ornate
char acter.
San Pedro is also one of our available
marine resort. Commerce and the
shipping of the harbor, however, have
had the effect of giving seaport air to
San Pedro which somewhat detracts
from its inducements as seaside
plea sure resort. Yet there are many
cosy cottages and good minor hotels
where persons can live comfortably and
en- Joy the summer months at their ease.
The bathing inside the harbor is good;
but the star attraction is boating, for
" hich the great stretch of water reach
in G from the bar clear up to Whining
ton is unsurpassed. Then, too. with a
stau nch yacht one can skim out to the
ch annel, where a spanking breeze can
be had almost at any time, and de-
iightful sail to Santa Catalina Island can
be accomplished in few hours. Those
VII O are fond Of fishing, either with deep
lines or trolling, can take their choice at
San Pedro. Notwithstanding the hustle
and stir of the marine commerce at this
harbor, there are delights to be found
along the littoral of this splendid estu.
ary which can be realized nowhere else
ON the coast.
We shall soon have two other fine
20 ints easily accessible from this city.
One is Ballona harbor, which, when
the great work now under way there
has been carried out, will be very in
viting seaside resort. The other is Port
uguese Bend, an old-time fishing resort,
and q point which is soon to be trans
formed into very secure and accessible
harbor for shipping. The bend forms a
horse shoe bay, protected from storms
by projecting arms of high land at each
end of the half circle. The chart Of
soundings here shows deep wafer clear
in almost to the shore line, so that ves-
sells will find no difficulty either in enter
tering or getting a good anchorage.
Portuguese Bend always used to be
favorite camping ground for the
lovers of deep-sea fishing, and We
know of no point on the coast
where the disciples of Izaak Walton can
be sure of more liberal catch of rock.
cod, sea. perch, yellow.tails and other
excellent fish than in the vicinity of this
inchoate harbor. The movement now
on foot to make extensive improvements
there, will give to the people of Los An.
geles another seaside resort that will
prove very attractive.
But we need not confine ourselves to
the built.up watering places on our
Immediate coast. From Point Dumas to
Point Firman there are thousands Of
picturesque and lovely spots for camp.
ing within few yards of the beach.
Santa Monica Canon is always attractive
To the summer seaside camper, and one
can hardly go astray anywhere along
the coast to find place where week,
. fortnight or month or two cannot be
plessa ntly and healthily put in.
Among the many advantages OF Los
Angeles. her ncarness to such wealth
ef sea side resorts is not the least.